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*** This pattern is now also available as a kit! The kit includes everything you need to make any of the options for pockets in the pattern, and an assortment of fabrics and colors. Check them out on the “Accessories” page!***

Edited: Now, with photos! The first batch are courtesy of Lovely Bicycle!‘s photostream:

Size Small, large brim, with earflaps, wool coating.

Size medium, summer weight, no earflaps, quilting cotton.

Size large, earflaps, small brim, polar fleece and nylon ripstop.

Size large, earflaps, large brim with plastic stiffener, fleece.

And a few more, including a little of the process:

Winter and summer, both with the large brim option..

Binder clips are a handy alternative to pins that don’t distort the fabric as much and work much better with thick materials.

Earflap piece, turned and topstitched.

Finishing the inside seam allowance by trimming and zig-zagging.

Finishing the inside seam allowance by topstitching each side flat.

There’s an x-wing on my hat!.

Small brim option.

I saw this material at the store and had to buy it.

A childhood obsession.

As we get into the holiday shopping spree season, I thought it would be nice to offer a sewing pattern for a great gift you can make yourself. This cycling cap pattern offers four sizes, two different brim choices, and optional ear flaps, and works great in all different materials from light, summery cotton to warm wool and fleece. It’s quick and simple, and the end result is something any cyclist can use more of!

You can also try making it out of old or discarded cycling jerseys or jackets, sheets, shirts, t-shirts, pants, shrunken lightweight sweaters, etc. No stampeding into the mall, since you might not even need to buy anything to make it! The hat is designed to lie flat with minimal bulk under a helmet, with optional wrap-around ear flaps that are thicker and warmer.

The pattern has two brim options: the larger one is closer in size and shape to that of a baseball cap, the smaller one is more like a typical cycling cap’s brim.

This pattern is available here for free for your own personal use, but if you like it, please consider making a donation to the League of American Bicyclists.

If you have questions, put them in the comments to this post so that other people can see them too. Happy sewing!

The site has a new silly feature, random cycling limericks at the bottom of the home page. Click refresh to get another one. If you are expecting a refined and tasteful wit, you will be disappointed, but if you would like to contribute to the list, please do send ‘em on over. I reserve the right to edit for content, clarity, meter, or any other whim.

A Random Limerick: (If you don’t like it, click “refresh” for another one)

There once was a poet from Sutter
Who tried to clean up what he'd utter
But he read what he'd done
And said, "This is no fun!"
And his next verse was back in the gutter.